1946 in India

Events

January – 1946 Indian provincial elections
January – Royal Air Force Mutiny of 1946 of British and Indian air force units
11 February – I.N.A. trial demonstrations in Calcutta, several killed
12 February – Hartal in Calcutta over the killing of demonstrators the previous day
18 February – Start of the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
22 February – Start of hartal in Bombay in support of the mutiny, which saw the British kill over 200 citizens
24 March – 1946 Cabinet Mission to India
10 May – Nehru elected leader of the Congress Party.

24 July – Results of 1946 Indian Constituent Assembly election announced^[1]
16 August – All-India Muslim League calls for Direct Action Day and the resultant violence resulted in more than 3000 deaths.
19 August – Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta leaves 3,000 dead.
2 September – interim government formed
4 September – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay
27 November – Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."

Births

5 July – Mamukkoya, comedian actor.
5 July – Ram Vilas Paswan, politician. (died 2020).
17 July – Lalitha Lenin, poet and academic.
28 July – Saint Alphonsa, Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, in 2008 became first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint (born 1910).
20 August – N. R. Narayana Murthy, industrialist and software engineer.
25 September – Bishan Singh Bedi, cricketer (died 2023).

6 October - Vinod Khanna, actor (died 2017).
11 October – Vijay P. Bhatkar, computer scientist.
12 October – Ashok Mankad, Test cricketer (died 2008).
15 October – Victor Banerjee, actor.
9 December – Sonia Gandhi, politician.
14 December – Sanjay Gandhi, politician
16 October - Naveen Patnaik, politician
26 December – Narendra Prasad, actor, playwright, teacher and literary critic (died 2003).
27 December – Vijay Arora, actor (died 2007).

Incumbents